Learning Target:

I can use literature as a tool to reflect on my values and goals for life.

Group interpretive activity: How does Aristotle define happiness?  Use textual evidence to support your answer.

On Happiness

Inferential and Evaluative Questions - Socratic Discussion

What do you feel that you need to be happy in life?

Can a selfish person be happy?

Could you, personally, be selfish and be happy? Why or why not?

Do you think people need goals or purpose to be happy?

Is happiness is the same as peace of mind?  

What do you need to be happy? 

If these things don't happen, can you still be happy?

“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”

Journal Entry One

Fully describe a goal you are working toward. What is the purpose of this goal? What will it help

you to achieve after attaining it (your Ultimate Boon)? What strengths do you possess that will

help you along the way?

Journal Entry Two

Re-examine your goal. What fears or weaknesses within you (inner obstacles) need to be

overcome in order to attain this goal? Do not reflect on outside obstacles. What knowledge or

skills do you lack at this point which may hinder your progress if not addressed?

Vocab:

Ātman (/ˈɑːtmən/; Sanskrit: आत्मन्, IAST: Ātman) is a Sanskrit word that means 'inner-self' or 'soul'. In Hindu philosophy, especially in the Vedanta school of Hinduism, Ātman is the first principle,^[1] the true self of an individual beyond identification with phenomena, the essence of an individual. In order to attain liberation, a human being must acquire self-knowledge (atma jnana), which is to realize that one's true self (Ātman) is identical with the transcendent self Brahman:

If atman is brahman in a pot (the body), then one need merely break the pot to fully realize the primordial unity of the individual soul with the plentitude of Being that was the Absolute.^[2]

HW: Read pp. 1-12; annotate and look up all vocabulary/allusions that you do not understand.

Submit one inferential or evaluative question to turnitin discussion before 7am tomorrow.

Typed "It's A Woman World" inspired poems due tomorrow.


Rig Veda
Prajapati